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Bands known by their abbreviations

splinx [Edit] [Delete] 28 replies 10:36, 26 January '06

I was thinking on the tube this morning, as you do:

JAMC
GNFNR
AWWBLOT (yay!)

Or did I just want to have an excuse to say how much we're loving "And What Will Be Left Of Them".

:-)

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Also

SOAD
QOTSA
BRMC
CYHSY (I saw them called that once)
TMV (sometimes)
RATM
T(I)NC
EMBLD (maybe)

smallpox_champion | 26 Jan '06, 10:38 | X
- hmmm
  
  I'm not hip enough to know half of these...
  
  splinx @smallpox_champion | 26 Jan '06, 10:53 | X
U2?

it's actually short for UNBEARABLY 2UNELESS

homesick_alien | 26 Jan '06, 10:39 | X
PIL

EMP
ELO

lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:40 | X
- NKOTB
  
  chris-budget @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:41 | X
  - of course...
    
    the fabulous nkotb and how did I miss brmc?
    
    how about:
    
    CSNY
    
    splinx @chris-budget | 26 Jan '06, 10:51 | X
- SDGHSDGRJ
  
  sorry. that was a palm splat. not a band.
  
  N.E.R.D.
  
  keiths_tele @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:42 | X
  - NWA
    
    SWV
    DFA
    KLF
    
    lordscopie @keiths_tele | 26 Jan '06, 10:51 | X
    - .
      
      KMFDM
      
      tiernan @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:52 | X
    - ooo
      
      you're good at this.
      
      splinx @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:52 | X
    - G'n'R
      
      NiN
      ycni:m
      TBS
      SBB
      BSS
      NEO
      MBV
      LTJ
      KsE
      bfmv
      ffaf / f4af
      etid
      DK
      COC
      ATD-I
      
      soapy @lordscopie | 26 Jan '06, 10:57 | X
      - i don't
        
        ..belive half of these are actually known by these names... I get my bloody valentine and Nine inch nails, but I'm stuck on the rest? Help.
        
        and G'n'R were always known as GNFNR in my small town :-)
        
        splinx @soapy | 26 Jan '06, 11:04 | X
        
        ..
        
        TCTC
        DCFC
        
        stubryce @splinx | 26 Jan '06, 12:37 | X
        
        AFI...
        AK3
        JFA
        
        fullerov @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 12:39 | X
      - gy!be
        
        restlessboy @soapy | 26 Jan '06, 10:58 | X
ADF

I'm done

Patricide | 26 Jan '06, 12:56 | X
- AYWKUBTTOD
  
  A
  
  mug_mug_mug @Patricide | 26 Jan '06, 12:58 | X
  - JAG
    
    LOL
    
    thewarn @mug_mug_mug | 26 Jan '06, 13:00 | X
    - 'R'
      
      is Radiohead
      
      do i win anything?
      
      moribund @thewarn | 26 Jan '06, 13:02 | X
Erm

PWEI
Blaggers ITA (not strictly right, but..)
KLF
BRA
JSSW
FMB
FNM

and so on and so on

rspce @Stagger-Lee | 26 Jan '06, 13:13 | X
byoP!

Silentcommand @WiggyluvsBillieJoe | 26 Jan '06, 14:39 | X
- SFA
  
  DFA1979
  
  stubryce @Silentcommand | 26 Jan '06, 14:41 | X
  - SFA OK
    
    Wherever I lay my phone is my home, i got mobile phone
    
    stubryce @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 14:41 | X
    - ...
      
      MBICR
      
      Filip @stubryce | 26 Jan '06, 14:44 | X
      - EMF
        Carter USM
        
        George | 26 Jan '06, 10:40 | X

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